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Record 1 2014-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Voters make errors, sometimes disqualifying their vote, and machines make errors in tabulating votes. But this is not a justification to postpone an election mandated by law and, in this case, mandated by more than a million voters who signed petitions that set the recall process in motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

L'hôte du Kremlin, au plus bas dans les sondages, pouvant, en évoquant divers problèmes (guerre en Tchétchénie, retour de la Biélorussie dans la sphère d'influence russe), faire ajourner un scrutin où il part avec un lourd handicap.

Spanish

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